NYT: Paid Influencers Boosted James Talarico on TikTok
1 sourceUpdated Oct 14, 20261 min read
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What each side asserts, disputes — or leaves out entirely.
Whose framing of this story rings truest to you?
If the numbers came mostly from hired accounts then his real support on the platform might be a lot smaller than it looks.
Everyone does social media ads now but paying influencers specifically feels like it crosses into fake grassroots territory.
This kind of paid promotion makes it hard to tell what actual voters think of Talarico.